News on Publishing: DiVA, Bibliometrics, Open Access, Energy Databases etc.
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VR's future requirements for Open Access
Published Jun 14, 2013The Swedish Research Council (VR) has revised its requirements for Open Access.
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Open Access to UNESCO's documents
Published Jun 13, 2013UNESCO, as the first specialized UN agency, has decided to make all its documents from July 2013 and onwards freely available.
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Alternative to the Journal Impact Factor
Published Jun 03, 2013Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at the Leiden University has published journal indicators as an alternative to the Thomson Reuters Journal Impact Factor.
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Criticism against the use of Journal Impact Factors for the evaluation of articles and researchers
Published May 20, 2013The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), is an initiative to improve the way in which research is being evaluated. Above all criticism is directed against the use of the Journal Impact Factor for the evaluation of research.
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How do I find the Journal Impact Factor and do you get more citations when co-publishing?
Published May 14, 2013Guides and FAQ on bibliometrics and publishing available on the KTH Library web.
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The White House recommends Open Access
Published Feb 28, 2013Federally funded research in the United States should be made freely available.
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OA-offer to chemistry researchers
Published Jan 17, 2013During 2012 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) launched the program Gold for Gold for the British researchers that, according to Britain's Open Access policy, will publish their scientific results Open Access.
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Acta Oncologica celebrates its 50th anniversary
Published Jan 10, 2013The journal includes articles for example in radiation physics, -biology and -therapy.
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ETDEWEB links to WorldCat
Published Dec 18, 2012You can now check if a publication in ETDEWEB is available in your nearest library.
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Ireland adopts OA policy
Published Dec 14, 2012Ireland adopts a national policy on Open Access
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Energy database ETDEWEB
Published Oct 25, 2012ETDEWEB World Energy Base also known as ETDEWEB.
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World Energy Outlook 2012
Published Oct 25, 2012IEA's view on the world's energy.
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Full program available for this year's Open Access Week
Published Oct 03, 2012Editors of scientific journals, leading persons from universities in Stockholm and representatives from research funding agencies will participate in this year’s program during Open Access Week. The program offers presentations, discussions and practical guidance.
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Professor Tommy Ohlsson on self-archiving and arXiv
Published Sep 25, 2012KTH professor Tommy Ohlsson writes in Nature about open-access publishing in arXiv
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Project focusing on local publication databases
Published Sep 12, 2012A project under the heading “Quality, uniformity and coverage : a study of local publication databases”, financed by the National Library of Sweden, is at present carried out at the department of Publication infrastructure.
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Focus on different paths to Open Access
Published Aug 15, 2012This year’s Open Access week takes place October 22-26. The program will be made public during the autumn, but we can already reveal some of the highlights.
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Impact Factors for 2011 now in Journal Citation Reports
Published Jul 04, 2012The Impact Facors for 2011 for journals in the Journal Citation Reports were released by Thomson Reuters a few days ago. This years list contains 10 677 journals from 2 552 publishers.
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DiVA more visible in Google Scholar
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Why Does the H-Index Differ Between Databases?
Published May 03, 2012H-index is treated in a report from the Department for Publication Infrastructure. The possibilities to calculate the indicator for the KTH researchers as well as differences between databases for calculating the h-index is treated in the report. The indicator and its characteristics is also described.
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The Co-Publishing of KTH in 2011
Published Mar 20, 2012An analysis of KTH's co-publishing in 2011 has been conducted by the Department for Publication Infrastructure